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As of October 25th, the nine-vessel fleet of P. & H. (Parrish and Heimbecker) Shipping, Ltd., had eight steamers in operation, with only » Cea ook, WILLOWGLEN laid up at Toronto. FERNGLEN was van located at the Owen Sound elevator, beginning to load on the 20th for Port Cartier delivery, and Bill Luke, Editor PINEGLEN was being unloaded at the Maple Leaf Mills elevator at Port Colborne on the 24th. ELMGLEN is scheduled for Port Weller drydocking next spring to determine her future operation. SPRUCEGLEN is slated for conversion to oil during the coming winter. **x The venerable Straits railroad carferry CHIEF WAWATAM has been given yet another reprieve with the recent approval of a $575,000 state subsidy grant to keep her in service until the end of March of next year. She cleared her berth at the Carbide Dock at the American Soo on October 21st, apparently having been given another waiver of her 5-year inspection by Cleveland District Coast Guard officials. Some repair work was accomplished on the vessel during her 5-month mooring at the Sainte Marie Yard and Marine facility at the Soo, notably to her wooden upper superstructure to stop water leaks. Barring another minor miracle, operation of this colorful steamer beyond next March 3lst appears highly unlikely. ** The Welland Canal experi- mental shunter units, used in trials on the steamers MARINSAL and MENIHEK LAKE, were towed out of the canal on September 30th by the tug GLENSIDE to Toronto. There they were loaded aboard the salty RIMBA BALAU bound for British Columbia where they will be rebuilt into 100-foot tugs for use at the liquified natural gas terminal at Prince Rupert, B.C. ** There has been considerable confusion over the renaming of the former Branch Lines tankers by their new owners. The ARTHUR SIMARD first became CEDRE 1, then LE CEDRE 1 and finally LE CEDRE NO. 1. The EDOUARD SIMARD, originally named J. EDOUARD SIMARD, became LE CHENE 1 and is now LE CHENE NO. 1. JOS. SIMARD was firt renamed LE FRENE and is now LE FRENE NO. 1. LEON SIMARD became L'ORME 1 and finally L'ORME NO. 1. LUDGER SIMARD was first LE SAULE 1 and is now LE SAULE NO. 1. The newly-completed, Davie-built tanker for this fleet was christened L'ERABLE NO. 1. ** American Ship, Lorain sent the recently-lengthened American flag salty MORMACLYNX on Lake Erie trials on October 27th. ** The newly-completed Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker DES GROSEILLIERS cleared the Port Weller Dry Docks yard on October 23rd for a brief stop at Toronto before heading for her home base at Quebec City. She is shown below on earlier builders’ trials. (Continued on Page 6) DES GROSEILLIERS clears Port Weller Barry Andersen Photo on trials on September 8,